That's funny. I saw the picture on Engadget and wondered if you had seen the laptop. It wasn't until I saw your picture here that I went back and saw that Engadget were actually using a link to your picture.

It's a Dell Inspiron 700m - the white powder is where someone covered it with a dry powder fire extinguisher. The battery is an 8 cell Lithium Ion battery and is clipped into the back of the laptop. It is unlikely the attempt at blasting the front of the laptop put out the fire. There are so many cheap after market clone batteries from China, one wonders how many more laptops/iPods are going to catch fire. Oh, Lithium burns extremely hot and fast, thankfully, there isn't much in a laptop battery. It does make you think about putting your laptop on your lap though...

The Battery Recall for all Sony Cells started August 15, 2006. obviously the owner wasn't able to see that on the news... it even got an advertisement on the t.v. the owner sould have called Dell Support for checking if his battery was affected by the recall program. *winks* for more info on checking on the battery recall process check the website www.dellbatteryprogram.com. thanks.

I think somebody sabotaged the laptop, personally,. No respect people! And what did we get from this act of pure cruelty to computers? A 45 minute break?! U BEAUTY!!!!! Next time i want a break, i'll just set something on fire. Im sure that'll go down well at my catholic school. Any suggestions for excuses?